Transmission device.



180. 887,781. PATENTED MAY 19, 1808;

A. P. FISCHER.

TRANSMISSION DEVIOE.

' APPLICATION FILED 00124, 1907.

3 SHEETSSHEET 1.

PATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

A. P. FISCHER. TRANSMISSION DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 00124, 1907.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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PATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

IIA. P. FISCHER. TRANSMISSION DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 24, 1907- 3 SHEETSSHEET 3.

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TRANSMISSION DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 24, 1907. Serial No. 398,878.

Patented May 19, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANSON P. FISCHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county -of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Transmission Devices, of which the following is :a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in power transmission and has for its object the provision of new and novel means whereby power imparted, from any availablesource, to a rotative member may be transmitted therefrom to another rotative' member in such manner that the driven may be gradually accelerated to and maintained with that of the drive, any speed under that of the drive,-or remain motionless independent of the drive, as circumstances may require, furthermore, the operation of stopping, starting, or changing of speed, is attained with a smoothness and absence of noise not heretofore attained by the employment of either simple or complex gearing, etc., thus making the same particularly desirable as a power transmission for automobiles, as well as for other numerous devices, said invention being an improvement over my former application, Serial No. 392,947, filed September 14, 1907.

To these ends the invention consists of a liquid medium, referably oil, coacting with sultably assemb ed mechanical members, as will be hereinafter more particularly described and then set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated a structure capable of carrying out my invention, wherein Figure I, is a plan view of the device complete. Fig. II, is a side elevation of the same. Fig. III, is a lan view in transverse section, disclosing t e interior workings. Fig. IV, is a'partly sectional side elevation of some of the assembled parts. sectional side elevation of the outer movable member, and Fig. VI, is a side elevation of the inner'movable member, similar detail arts of saidviews, where the occur, belng esignated by like numerals 0 reference.

The structure disclosed in the drawings,

comprises a cylinder 1, provided with detachable heads. 2 and 3, the interior of which is of elli tic form in cross-section and is provided wit op ositely disposed valve chambers within w ch are fitted oscillatable valves 4 having ports 5 therein, said cylinder being Fig. V, is afurther provided with by-passes 6 extending between the interior proper and the valve chambers, which by-passes register with the ports-in said valves. The inner surface of the cylinder heads are shouldered to register with the valve chambers and elliptic portion of thecylinder so as to give increased bearing surface to the members operating therein, the head 2 being provided with an external elongated bearing 7 having a bushing 8 therein, and the head 3 with a boss or short bearing 9 havin a bushing 10 therein.

Arranged wit in and engagin the shouldered portionof the heads, and t e wall portions 11, is a rotatable member or piston'1'2 of annular form, mounted upon a shaft 13 extending through the said bearings 7 and 9 and provided with oppositely disposed slots 14, within which slots areslidably fitted the blades 15 having grooves 15 in one side, which blades are maintainedin normal 0 erative engagement with the cylinder wa' s by means of pressure exerted; outwardly thereupon by the helical springs 16 arranged in said slots and extendin from gibs 17 into cavities 18 formed in the b ades. The piston is further provided with relief ports 19 extending from the periphery thereof at an inclination to and communicating with the aforesaid slots into which the blades are fitted. All unoccupied space in said 0 linder, the by-passes, valve ports, etc., are led with a suitable cooperative medium, preferably oil.

Arranged and adapted to slide lon itudinally upon the exterior of the aforesai bearing 7 is a valve operating sleeve 20 having,

oppositely disposed inclined wings or slides 2 1 upon which engage the small wheels 22 carried by the parallel dis osed levers 23, said levers being each pivotaliy connected at one extremity to a boss 24 integral with the cylinder head, and at their opposlte ends to rods 25 which are connected to cranks 26 ri idly attached to the stems of the valves, said wheels being held in operative en agement with the sleeve slides by means 0 tension of the helical springs 28 connected to and between theextremities of the levers carrying the wheels.

Any suitable means maybe employed to ad'ust the said sleeve 20 for actuating the Vaive mechanism, said means being, to some extent, dependable upon conditions and the nittplre of the device to which it is to be app 1e In practice, if it be assumed that the cylinder be, by any suitable means, attached to a rotative member to form the drive, and theiston shaft be connected to the member to e driven, then if the sleeve 20 be adjusted to" 5 cause the valves to present full registration the elliptical surface engaged thereb as the cylinder rotates, contact of the bla es with j t e cylinder walls bein maintained at all times by the action of t e aforesaid s rin s v 16' assisted by the pressure of the iquld 20 which has entered the slots 14 by way of the grooves15, but, if the valves be adjusted so I as to reduce the area of their ports to the bypasses, such reduction of area will necessarily occasion a resistance to or a less active circulation of the li uid therethrough, with the result that the ecreased activity of the liquid will occasion a back pressure upon the piston blades in the direction of the rotation of the drive or cylinder, thereby effecting a rotation of the piston and attendin connections in the same direction as the rive, the

s eed attained bein proportionate to that o the activity of the liquid dis lacement.

As the valves are further adjuste to reduce 5 the port area it will be evident that the liquid will offer a greater resistance to displacement or become still less active, with a consequent increased speed of the piston and attending connections, and if the valves be ad- 4 justed so as to completely out off the passage of the liquid therethrough such consequent inactivity ornondisplacement of the hquid will cause the piston and attending arts to rotate at the same speed as the rive, forming a unit, thus giving the same results as a clutch coupling. Ofiening the valves to any de ree less than fu exposure of the ports give a corresponding decrease in the speed of the piston and attending connections, as will be apparent from the foregoing explanation, While full 0 ening of the valves will cause cessation of t e piston and attending parts.

During the rotation of the c linder about the piston it will be apparent t at as the resistance or back pressure of the liquid is increased u on the piston to effect a rotation thereof, t at the pressure of the liquid in the slots 14 acting outwardly upon the blades 15 0 will be correspondingly increased to overcome any pressure of the liquid which might be acting in opposition thereto between the outer extremities of the blades and cylinder wallsduring rotation, the liquid in said 5 slots being free to circulate back and forth,

eating with the interior t ereof and having having peripheral engagement with the cylb way of the aforesaid grooves 15 in the blades, and as said blades pass over the wall portions 11 the back pressure is relieved by the ports 19.

It is obvious that the connections of the device with the drive and driven may be reversed with the same results in action, but in most cases it will be found preferable to con nect the cylinder with the drive.

The coacting effect of the li uid resisting or retarding medium, with t e mechanical structure disclosed, is such as may Well be employed to erform the functions heretofore attained I the use of gears, clutches, etc., and in addition thereto lost motion, sudden jerking, and other disadvantages attendin the use ofsuch mechanisms are entirely e iminated.

Havin thus shown and described an operative evice to carry out my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I h

1. A transmission device of the class described, comprehending a rotative cylinder of elliptic form in cross-section, provided with oppositely disposed by-passes communicating with the interior thereof and having an exterior annular extension about its axis of rotation, oscillatable valves in said bypasses, a sleeve carried by said extension and. adapted to slide longitudinally thereon, means associated with said valves and sleeve whereby a sliding movement imparted Inanually to said sleeve will oscillate the valves, a rotative iston in said cylinder provided with opposite y disposed radial slots, sprin actuated blades in said iston slots adapte to enigiige the walls of t e cylinder, and a liquid lm the unoccupied space in said cylinder and -passes.

2. transmission device of the'class de-.

scribed, comprehending a rotative cylinder of elliptic form in cross-section, provided with oppositely disposed b -passes communian exterior annular extension about its axis of rotation, oscillatable valves in said bypasses, a sleeve carried by said extension and adapted to slide longitudinally thereon, means associated with said valves and sleeve whereby a sliding movement imparted manually to said sleeve will oscillate the valves, a rotative piston in said cylinder and provided with oppositely disposed slots, said piston inder walls at diametrically opposite points between the by-passes, spring actuated blades in said piston slots adapted to en age the walls of the cylinder, and a liquid in the unoccupied space in said cylinder an bypasses. I

A transmission device of the class described, comprehending a rotative cylinder of elliptic form in cross-section, provided with oppositely disposed by-passes commue 130 nicating with the interior thereof and having an external annular extension about its axis of rotation, oscillatable valves in said bypasses, a sleeve carried by said extension and adapted to slide longitudinally thereon, means associated with said valves and sleeve whereby a sliding movement imparted inanually to the sleeve will oscillate the valves, a rotative piston arranged in said cylinder and provided with oppositely disposed radial slots, s ring actuated blades in said piston slots a apted to engage the walls of the cylinder, and a liquid filling the unoccupied s ace in said cylinder and by-passes, said b ades being rovided with channels upon their sides an said piston with relief ports.

4. A transmission device of the class described, comprehending a rotative cylinder of elliptic form in cross-section, provided with oppositely disposed loy-passes communicating with the interior thereof and having an external annular extension about its axis of rotation, oscillatable valves in said byprovided with oppositely disposed radial slot-s, spring actuated blades in said piston slots adapted to enga e the walls of the cylinder, and a liquid lilling the unoccupied siace in said cylinder and bypasses, said b ades being provided with channels upon their sides and said piston engaging perl herally with the walls of the cylinder at iametrically opposite points between the bypasses and is rovidcd with relief ports coinmunicating with the blade slots.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' ANSON P. FISCHER.

W'itnesses:

R. S. HARRISON,

It. M. KUHN. 

